dēgo — Lewis & Short
dēgo, dēgi, 3, v. a.de-ago,
I to spend, pass, sc. time (for syn. cf.: ago, gero, facio—very freq. and class.).
(a) With acc.:
a mane ad noctem usque in foro dego diem,Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 3; so,
diem in laetitia,Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 6:
aetatem,Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 79; Ter. Ph. 2, 3, 70; Cic. Rosc. Am. 52, 150; id. Fin. 2, 35, 118 al.:
omne tempus aetatis,id. de Sen. 1, 2:
aevom,Lucr. 2, 1094; 5, 173;
Cic. Fragm. ap. Augustin. Trin. 4, 2: vitam,Lucr. 3, 313; Cic. Sull. 27, 75; Verg. A. 4, 551 al.:
quod reliquum est vitae,Cic. Fam. 11, 28 fin.:
senectam turpem,Hor. Od. 1, 31, 20: otia pacato in thalamo, Catull. 68, 104 al.—Pass.:
quantis periclis degitur hoc aevi,Lucr. 2, 16; so,
aetas,id. 4, 1178; Cic. Lael. 23, 87; id. Off. 1, 32, 117; id. N. D. 1, 19, 50:
vita,id. Fin. 4, 12, 30; Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 5 al.—
(b) Absol., to live (not freq. till after the Aug. period):
laetus deget,Hor. Od. 3, 29, 42:
gentes sic degunt,Plin. H. N. 12 prooem. § 1:
certus procul urbe degere,Tac. A. 4, 57:
sine nequitia,Sen. Ep. 74; cf. Plin. 6, 17, 19, § 50; 6, 25, 29, § 112: vita humanior sine sale non quit degere, to continue, endure, id. 31, 7, 41, § 88.—
II To carry on, wage:
nautae contractum cum ventis degere bellum (cf.: agere, peragere bellum),Lucr. 4, 968.!*? "DEGERE antiqui posuerunt pro exspectare," Paul. ex Fest. 73, 4 Müll.